Innovation Strategy
Keeping Innovation Alive at a Legacy Organization
GE Appliances president and CEO Kevin Nolan discusses differing approaches to management and innovation at GE and Haier.
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Innovation Strategy
Our Guide to the Spring 2024 Issue
The spring 2024 issue of MIT SMR looks at opportunities in digital innovation, automation, generative AI, and more.
Technology Implementation
Why Manufacturers Need a Phased Approach to Digital Transformation
Taking a three-stage approach can increase the likelihood of a successful digital transformation in manufacturing companies.
Supply Chains & Logistics
The Looming Challenge of Chemical Disclosures
To comply with new sustainability rules, consumer brands need much more visibility into products’ chemical compositions.
Global Strategy
A Reshoring Renaissance Is Underway
Geopolitics and supply chain resiliency are just two of the factors spurring some manufacturers to move back to the U.S.
New Product Development
Fueling Interdisciplinary Innovation With AI: Volvo’s Anders Sjögren
On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Volvo’s Anders Sjögren explains artificial intelligence’s use in car manufacturing.
New Product Development
The Social Science of AI: Intel’s Elizabeth Anne Watkins
On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, learn how social scientists help facilitate human-machine collaboration at Intel.
Supply Chains & Logistics
The Crisis in Ukraine Spells More Trouble for Semiconductor Supply
Semiconductor manufacturers must invest in alternative sources for key materials to mitigate supply chain risks.
Supply Chains & Logistics
What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Never-Ending COVID-19 Supply Chain Crisis
Just-in-time inventory management isn’t the source of the pandemic’s supply chain issues and product shortages.
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Destination: Digital
Executives from TCS and Honeywell share their insights on digital transformation in manufacturing.
Innovation Strategy
Prototypes, Pilots, and Polymers: Cooper Standard’s Chris Couch
The Me, Myself, and AI podcast delves into how automotive supplier Cooper Standard uses open innovation to leverage AI.
Innovation Strategy
How Temporary Assignments Boost Innovation
Front-line manufacturing workers contribute more valuable ideas after they’re briefly assigned to other company sites.
Sustainability
The Four Fatal Mistakes Holding Back Circular Business Models
Incumbent manufacturing companies face four key challenges as they shift to circular business models.
Technology Innovation Strategy
Better Together: Mattias Ulbrich on Combining Coffee, Business, and Technology at Porsche
Porsche is accelerating innovation by emphasizing the need for collaboration between humans and AI technology.
Crisis Management
Responding to Crises With Speed and Agility
The pandemic has shown how both speed and agility can help drive global business during a crisis.
Organizational Structure
How Autonomy Creates Resilience in the Face of Crisis
What managers can learn from the coronavirus outbreak.
Talent Management
Where Are the Robots?
Automation anxiety is a distraction. The bigger issue is blue-collar job growth amid labor scarcity.
Innovation Strategy
How Digital Twins Are Reinventing Innovation
From faster drug trials to fully “conscious” cities, digital replicas are changing innovation.
AI & Machine Learning
Learning From Automation Anxiety of the Past
History shows we should focus more on policy than technology challenges when confronting automation.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Transforming Manufacturing and Supply Chains With 4D Printing
The next transformative emerging technology could be 4D printing.
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